Air jet pin wheel



Aug, 29, 1950 A. INDEHAR AIR JET PIN WHEEL Filed Feb. 11, 1947 Iurea/tor Anfhany lndehar Patented Aug. 29, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE AIR JET PIN WHEEL Anthony Inclehar, St. Paul, Minn.

Application February 11, 1947, Serial No. 727,867

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in toys, and the principal object of the invention is toprovide a device of the character herein described, wherein a pin wheelmay be caused to rotate by blowing into a tube-like handle on which thepin wheel is mounted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy wherein thehandle, if desired, may be equipped with a whistle, the same beingactuated concurrently with the rotation of the pin wheel,

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy which is of a highlyentertaining character and which will not easily become damaged.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a toy which issimple in construction and which will readily lend itself to economicalmanufacture.

With the above more important objects in View, and such objects as maybecome apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consistsessentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary, edge view thereof.

Figure 3 is cross sectional View, taken substantially in the plane ofthe line 33 in Figure 1, and

Figure 4. is a perspective view of a modified embodiment of theinvention.

Like characters of reference are used to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views,

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of a toy designated generally by the reference character H],the same embodying in its construction a tubular handle H closed at oneend thereof as at l2 and provided at its remaining end with a,sleeve-like mouthpiece [3.

A pin or rivet M extends transversely through the handle H adjacent theclosed end [2, and a wheel 55 is rotatably mounted on the pin M, as willbe clearly apparent from the accompanying drawings.

The wheel l5 consists of a hub portion l6 adapted to receive the pin it,an intermediate portion ii and a peripheric flange [8. It will be notedthat the intermediate portion I1 is ribbed to provide a plurality ofspaced, convoluting vanes l9, as will be clearly apparent from theaccompanying drawings.

The tube or handle H is also formed with a discharge opening 29 adjacentthe closed end l2, and when the invention is placed in use, themouthpiece i3 is simply inserted into the mouth and it will be foundthat by blowing into the handle I I, air will be impelled through theaperture or opening 29 against the vanes [9. In this manner, the wheell5 will be caused to rotate and the amusing nature of the invention beclearly apparent.

Referring now to the modified embodiment of the invention illustrated inthe accompanying Figure 4, the toy designated generally by the referencecharacter 25 shown herein, embodies in its construction a tubular handle26 carrying at one end thereof a rotatable pin wheel 21, the structurethereof being similar to the structure of the aforementioned handle Hand the wheel 15. The free end of the handle 26 is, however, providedwith a whistle 28, where-by the rotation of the wheel 21 will beaccompanied by the whistling sound.

It will be also noted that if desired, the peripheric flange 29 or thewheel 2'! may be formed with a plurality of apertures or openings 39,each of which communicates with one of the spaces 3| existing betweenthe adjacent ribs or vanes 32.

When the wheel 21 is in rotation, the apertures or openings 30 willfunction as convenient outlets for the air impelled against the vanes,as will be clearly understood.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly,further description thereof at this point is considered unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

In an air operated toy, a rotor disc having a hub portion and aperipheral flange, an inter- 3 4 mediate portion of said disc beingimperforate REFERENCES CITED and provided with convoluting ribs definingthere- The following references are of record in the between a series ofchannels, said channels havfile of this patent:

ing pinched bottom walls and progressively increasing in width from saidhub portion to said 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS flange, said flange beingformed with air outlet Number Name Date apertures each communicatingwith one of said 561,944 Monnier June 9, 1896 channels, said perturesbeing of substantially 1,756,050 Abrams Apr. 29, 1930 lesser dimensionsthan the width of the outer FOREIGN PATENTS ends of sald channels. 10

Number Country Date N H N 327, 1 France Dec. 13, 1902

